we have a weird sense of wealth in this country.
why do upper class people in america try so fucking hard not to be upper class while at the same time idolizing upper class behaviors?
it's the strangest thing.
dude, if you are in the top 10% of anything, you're in pretty rare territory. you start approaching 95th percentile or 98th percentile, then you go from rare to elite.
i'll admit to thinking that the wealthy class are 0.1% of the population or whatever, in terms of distribution. but if you're making a $250k salary, and you want to compare yourself to a work a day lunchpail person, gtfo. bologna costs the same to you as it does to the work a day guy.
our household makes significantly less than 250k and we are doing fucking great, even though i'm currently partially self-unemployed.
i'm not afraid to say that i live a very privileged life. i've been in some households with my wife. most people live...very differently than many of us on this board, i would suspect.